News &amp; Features - June 2010

Thirteen-year-old Dylon Hernandez of Loveland flies through the air as he performs a trick while skateboarding with friends Tuesday evening at the Loveland Sports Park.

Loveland Fire and Rescue Department personnel work the scene of a grass fire Friday afternoon near Jackson Avenue and 15th Street.

Arturo Espino puts down some rubber surfacing in one of the playgrounds at Ponderosa Elementary School.

Principal Lamb Caro ,front, and art teacher Marcie Knonwall imagine how they can use the new Ponderosa Elementary School opening in August. The school has 325 students registered for the fall.

The Group, Inc. broker associate/partner Mark Moran, left, shows a home to Ryan Deitesfeld on Thursday afternoon in northwest Loveland.

Smoke rises from a stand of trees at the Round Mountain fire on Sunday. Rains from the previous day helped the nearly 80 firefighters get a handle on the blaze.

A helicopter returns from a drop near the Round Mountain fire on Sunday. Air drops were performed on the Cow Creek fire in Rocky Mountain National Park but the rain of the previous day helped firefighters get a handle on the Round Mountain fire.

Mike Smith who is in operations with the U.S. Forest Service, left, and incident commander Matt Champa discuss the area affected by the Round Mountain fire at the incident command at Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park on Sunday.

Mike Smith who is in operations with the U.S. Forest Service communicates with his crews on the Round Mountain fire from incident command at Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park Sunday.

Volunteers spread mulch around newly-installed playground equipment Saturday at Orchard Place Apartment Community while making a variety of improvements to the area. From left are Trent Gamber, 13, Wade Griffis, 18, Alyssa Sanderson, 15, Tammy Morgan and Cindy Feneis.

Loveland resident Lisa Ragsdale is stocking up on fireworks at the World Class Fireworks tent at the corner of Eisenhower Boulevard and Taft Avenue. World Class Fireworks is open everyday till the Forth of July from nine till nine.

Arturo Espino puts down rubbering surfacing at the new Ponderosa Elementary School on Florance Drive. The high in Loveland on Friday reached 98 degrees.

Loveland Fire and Rescue firefighters work the scene of a fire Friday afternoon west of Jackson Avenue and 15th Street along the railroad tracks.

Portia, the mixed-breed dog in front, is surrounded by those who adore her, including Finnegan Dowling, left, who helped rehabilitate her, and Jenny Martin, who adopted her in June 2008, and Martin’s boyfriend Sam Bizzell.

Vet clinic volunteer Finnegan Dowling gives Portia a big hug Thursday when she sees the dog she helped save two years ago. Portia was a street dog living in Nicaragua adopted by Jenny Martin of Loveland.

Resurrection Fellowship Pastor John Stocker sits at the desk in the office of Pastor Mark Balderson while his office was being packed up. Stocker is retiring after spending 32 years at the Resurrection Fellowship, which is located at 6502 E. Crossroads Blvd.

Carmen Settle, 9, left, and D'Andre Johnson, 9, right, have lunch with other youngsters Thursday afternoon outside the Maple Terrace Apartments Kids Club as part of the Kids Cafe lunch program.

Whiteside's Boats owner John Whiteside

Resurrection Fellowship Pastor John Stocker sits at the desk in the office of Pastor Mark Balderson while his office was being packed up. Stocker is retiring after spending 32 years at the Resurrection Fellowship, which is located at 6502 E. Crossroads Blvd.

Pastor Jonathan Wiggins, the new senior pastor at the Resurrection Fellowship at 6502 E. Crossroads Blvd., sits at his desk in his office on Tuesday, June 8. Wiggins will be taking over for the current pastor, John Stocker, who is retiring after 32 years at Resurrection Fellowship.

Resurrection Fellowship Pastor John Stocker sits at the desk in the office of Pastor Mark Balderson while his office was being packed up. Stocker is retiring after spending 32 years at the Resurrection Fellowship, which is located at 6502 E. Crossroads Blvd.

Ten-year-old Odalys Pastrana picks up her lunch from volunteer Janice Hinds on Thursday at the Maple Terrace Kids Club as part of the Kids Cafe lunch program.

Emergency personnel investigate at the scene of an accident Thursday evening in the parking area behind the Estes Park's Town Hall where a tourist was killed after being struck by a rock.

Reporter-Herald/ Chad Spangler
Steve Gibson, a park ranger for Larimer County Open Space, checks out a downed sign at the entrance of Sleepy Hollow on Saturday afternoon. Along with medical and law enforcement responsibilities the rangers in Larimer Country document and repair damages to infrastructure within the parks.

Reporter-Herald/ Chad Spangler
Larimer County Open Space Ranger Steve Gibson fills out a duty log after checking on the trailhead at Devil's Backbone in Loveland on Saturday afternoon.

Reporter-Herald/ Chad Spangler
Larimer County Open Space Ranger Steve Gibson chats with a fisherman after checking his license on the Thompson River on Saturday afternoon. One of Gibson's many responsibilities is insuring that visitors fishing in the county open spaces have proper licenses.

Reporter-Herald/ Chad Spangler
Larimer County Open Space Ranger Steve Gibson checks in with a couple of open space visitors on a recent Saturday afternoon. As a ranger Gibson works to make contact with open space visitors and educate them about the natural resources in the open spaces.

Loveland resident Reis Howell, 4, laughs after meeting a Tie Pilot before the showing of "Star Wars Edpisode 4" on Wednesday at the Rialto Theater in downtown Loveland. The showing was put on by Friends of the Loveland Public Library to raise money for the local library.

Javier Garcia runs the grill for the neighborhood block party held at the Hillcrest senior living community . Last night, Lovelander's were joined by firemen and Policemen out to encourage neighbor involvement at different block parties thrown around the city.